Our native language is like a second skin, so much a part of us we resist the idea that it is constantly changing, constantly being renewed. permalink

Casey Miller and Kate Swift

The Handbook of Nonsexist Writing, Introduction (1980)

We learn certain rules of grammar and usage in school, and when they are challenged it is as though we are also being challenged. permalink

Casey Miller and Kate Swift

The Handbook of Nonsexist Writing, Introduction (1980)

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